Patreon Plugin is not censoring images

Wordpress Plugin
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I have a WordPress gallery featuring my artwork, but some of the pieces are intended for viewers 18 and older (only for patrons).

The WordPress plugin doesn’t censor the images.

  1. The older thumbnails are censored, but the new ones aren’t.
  2. And when you access the portfolio post, all the censored images in the portfolio are no longer censored.

:upside_down_face:

WP 7.1.2 with PHP 8.5.4
Patreon WordPress 1.9.17 with API v2

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Hi @kawa-v

  • have you recently made any changes to your WP site?
  • has WP / PHP / GD / Patreon WordPress been updated since this broke?
  • has the functionality always worked on 1.9.17?
  • does your site uses caching?
  • are all of the new thumbnails failing to be blurred?
  • when did this start?
  • does this affect any of your old posts?
  • is this happening to the posts synced form Patreon to your WP website?
  • do you see any errors in your webserver logs when the posts get synced?
  • are you seeing any “Last 50 connection errors” in the “health check” page?
  • have you enabled the “Enable image locking features” setting?

EDIT: have you also tried disabling and re-enabling “Enable image locking features” setting, then re-adding a new post? This would re-add .htaccess rules in case they were removed during some migration.

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Right now, all images are censoring :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: , but only a few thumbnails aren’t censored :sweat_smile: … sometimes :upside_down_face:
I mean, at first some of them aren’t. When I reload the page, new thumbnails join the uncensored party (only the thumbnails). It always happens with the same thumbnails (somes from July 2026 to September 2026).

  • have you recently made any changes to your WP site?
    No
  • has WP / PHP / GD / Patreon WordPress been updated since this broke?
    Today I did. Now I’m: WP 7.1.3 with PHP 8.5.11 /// Patreon WordPress 1.11.0 with API v2
  • has the functionality always worked on 1.9.17?
    Hmm… I don’t know :thinking:
  • does your site uses caching?
    No (image caché always has problem with censored pics and login users) :smiling_face_with_tear:
  • are all of the new thumbnails failing to be blurred?
    No :grin:
  • when did this start?
    I don’t know, ¿maybe a month? :thinking:
  • does this affect any of your old posts?
    No, from June 2026 to September 2026. :thinking:
  • is this happening to the posts synced form Patreon to your WP website?
    I don’t have sync post.
  • do you see any errors in your webserver logs when the posts get synced?
    No Sync.
  • are you seeing any “Last 50 connection errors” in the “health check” page?
    Hmm… no
  • have you enabled the “Enable image locking features” setting?
    Yes
  • EDIT: have you also tried disabling and re-enabling “Enable image locking features” setting, then re-adding a new post? This would re-add .htaccess rules in case they were removed during some migration.
    I did but, everything is still the same.

Thanks for reply!